| Title |
Face and construct validation of a virtual peg transfer simulator
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Surgical Endoscopy, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00464-012-2664-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Venkata S. Arikatla, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Woojin Ahn, Amine Chellali, Suvranu De, G. L. Caroline, John Hwabejire, Marc DeMoya, Steven Schwaitzberg, Daniel B. Jones |
| Abstract |
The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) trainer box is now established as a standard for evaluating minimally invasive surgical skills. A particularly simple task in this trainer box is the peg transfer task which is aimed at testing the surgeon's bimanual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, speed, and precision. The Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST) is a virtual version of the FLS tasks which allows automatic scoring and real-time, subjective quantification of performance without the need of a human proctor. In this article we report validation studies of the VBLaST peg transfer (VBLaST-PT) simulator. |
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